Michael Gualano spent most of Tuesday morning pressure washing outside his building on Main Street in Fonda.

He was clearing away all the mud left behind from Monday afternoon’s flooding caused by a slow-moving thunderstorm.

“The water was, I don’t know if you can see it or not, but it was right up to the bottom of the door," Gualano said. "It didn’t not get inside the door, which is...super grateful."

The water was inches from causing a major setback on his renovation plans. Gualano is in the process of opening a new pizzeria in the village.

A few doors down, Michele Furnare and others spent the morning removing the mud from around the library. They were able to at least get the library open, but had to cancel their summer program for the day.

“Unfortunately, yes, we have to get it cleaned up," said Furnare, vice president of the Frothingham Free Library Board. "We want it safe for the kids and their parents and grandparents that are going to be bring them to the program."

According to the National Weather Service, the storm produced a radar-estimated three to four inches of rainfall between 5:15 p.m. and 6:45 p.m.

The flash flooding shut down roads until about 4 a.m. Tuesday.

“Between the state and local governments, they got the village cleaned up pretty well,” said Stanley Mitchell, Town of Mohawk fire chief. “They’re still working on getting debris.”

He says there were no reports of any injuries.

Fonda remains under a state of emergency. While roads are open, Mayor Bill Peeler is asking everyone to refrain from driving through the village.

“We’ve gotten a lot of cooperation with that, but we certainly could use more because of the dust conditions,” Peeler said. “It just stirs up the dust and the particles in the air, and that concerns me, as well.”